John Bovill

Forward · Liverpool 1911–1914

John Bovill

Personal

Born
21 March 1886
Place of birth
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died
1935
Other clubs
Strathclyde Juniors, Rangers (1907-08), Blackburn Rovers (1908-09), Chesterfield Town (1909-11), Linfield (1914-16)

At Liverpool

Signed from
Chesterfield Town
Joined
April 1911
First goal
4 November 1911
Last goal
6 January 1912
Last appearance
25 October 1913
Left the club
1914

Liverpool career

29 Appearances
7 Goals
  • League 27 apps · 7 goals
  • Win ratio 37.93% — W 11 · D 4 · L 14
  • Assists not recorded before 1945–46

Player profile

When Chesterfield lost its League status, fiery-tempered Bovill stayed with the club, scoring 31 goals in 77 Midland league games. Bovill made 29 appearances for Liverpool in the period leading up to World War I. The bulk of those games were in the 1911/12 season when he scored seven times from 25 matches. He was to make only a further four appearances for the club in the next two seasons, the club programme complaining that his main fault was "lack of deadliness in front of goal", but his main strength being a "hard worker" and delivering "neat, low forward passes of value to his partners". In May 1914 Bovill transferred to Linfield, playing for them for two seasons in the Irish league.

Appearances per season

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1911-1912 23 2 0 0 0 25
1912-1913 1 0 0 0 0 1
1913-1914 3 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 27 2 0 0 0 29

A more detailed look at the player's appearances

Apps Mins Opponent
29 2,610 All opponents
3 270 Bolton Wanderers
3 270 Newcastle United
2 180 Blackburn Rovers
2 180 Oldham Athletic
2 180 Sunderland
2 180 West Bromwich Albion
1 90 Arsenal
1 90 Aston Villa
1 90 Bradford City
1 90 Bury
1 90 Chelsea
1 90 Everton
1 90 Fulham
1 90 Leyton
1 90 Manchester City
1 90 Manchester United
1 90 Notts County
1 90 Preston North End
1 90 Sheffield United
1 90 Sheffield Wednesday
1 90 Tottenham Hotspur
Total Venue
16 Home
13 Away
Total Competition
27 League
2 FA Cup
Total W D L Win% Manager
29 11 4 14 37.9% Tom Watson

Goals per season

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1911-1912 7 0 0 0 0 7
Totals 7 0 0 0 0 7

The player scored 7 goals in 4 different matches.

A more detailed look at the player's goals

Total Opponent
2 Arsenal
2 Manchester United
2 Notts County
1 Manchester City
Total Started/substitutions
7 Started
Total Competition
7 League
Total Goal minute period
2 1-15 minutes
3 46-60 minutes
1 61-75 minutes
1 76-90 minutes
Total Goal origin
7 Open play